I would add that the scientists working on COVID are largely the same folks who worked on SARS, EBOLA, AIDS, etc. Both of the white house doctors are also experts on the other viruses in recent history, but every virus has similarities to others and notable differences. COVID's difference is its contagiousness and high death rate.

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I know many of us are struggling to navigate through this Covid 19 pandemic. Our family and work lives have changed greatly. Zoom, Teams, Duo are common terms in our everyday life at the moment.

The United States is one of the most powerful countries in the world. As a country in recent times, we have faced Aids, Sars, H1N1, Zika and Ebola. In each one of these deadly events, as a country we were still able to function with some sort of “normal” activities. We all took precautions for each of these public health crisis. However, we were still able to go to work. Visiting loved ones in the hospital was still allowed. Attending weddings, graduations, and funerals was not interrupted by the previous deadly viruses.

The questions I think we must all ask ourselves are... 1. Are our scientist and doctors not as smart as their predecessors? 2. Why is this public health crisis different? 3. How did we end up in this situation?